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Recent content by edlin303

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    40TB Build Log

    I don't know if I understand what you mean. If you mean connections, I have the 2 m1015s plus the onboard 2008, for a total of 6*4 or 24 disks. Or am I misunderstanding what you are saying?
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    40TB Build Log

    Not sure if you mean technically or how well does it work, so I will answer both. Technically, I plugged in the IPMI NIC and it DHCPed. Then I just had to open a browser to that IP, log in, and I get a bunch of options. - I can see sensor readings, which shows temps for a few dozen things...
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    40TB Build Log

    Just posting an update, I finally have all the hardware, and will be building this as I have time. So far I have most of it in the chassis, and so far even though I love the density I am not sure I love the chassis. It is significantly louder than my Dell R710 and 2950, and can easily be heard...
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    generic pci card brackets, where to find?

    Sorry, I meant a generic plate. Mine would be for an M1015.
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    generic pci card brackets, where to find?

    Got my hopes up here. In your searches, do you remember seeing a low-profile option?
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    Cheap SATA adapters for VMDirectPath?

    I bought some IBM M1015s for $75 each from someone in the FS section. I believe they should pass through fine since they are LSI 2008 cards, though I can't vouch for that until I am done building my system. *Actually, it was from TypeRazor. I haven't gotten them yet, but according to the...
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    40TB Build Log

    I'll update with OS info shortly. I am going to do an ESXi all-in-one so I can make some use of the server resources for VM purposes too. If that doesn't pan out, I will probably at least make it my primary DB server and run some other stuff from it so I didn't waste the $ building it to a VM...
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    My server rebuild in the making.

    Correct, mine doesn't have expanders. I wanted to avoid them because several people have said they don't always play well with ZFS. That steered me to the board I chose because it has 2 onboard SAS ports, and 7 slots for more controllers. In your case, if you're doing a physical RAID I think...
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    OpenZFS NAS (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows + Storage Spaces) with napp-it web-gui

    Great, I look forward to seeing it. I intend to just pop a label on each one right away, so for locating a disk there will be no question.
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    OpenZFS NAS (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows + Storage Spaces) with napp-it web-gui

    I don't know yet, but intend to go the ESXi route myself. The only drawback I am concerned with is if there is any performance hit vs. physical. From all the posts I have seen, people report no noticeable slowdown. The key benefit I see is I can put small lower-priority VMs on the same host then...
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    OpenZFS NAS (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows + Storage Spaces) with napp-it web-gui

    Just to confirm, the only reason you suggest against the 2008s is that they use WWN? I just bought some, and if that's the only "problem" I think I prefer the WWN long-term anyway. But if there are other issues I want to be prepared.
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    OpenZFS NAS (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows + Storage Spaces) with napp-it web-gui

    Do you mean comparing those three to each other on ESXi, or comparing any of those with ESXi vs. without ESXi?
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    40TB Build Log

    *reserved2*
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    40TB Build Log

    *reserved*
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    40TB Build Log

    I decided to start a new thread based on my ramblings in http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1599279. This will document my build, and any issues I run across. Ironically, after a lot of back and forth on all the parts I found I chose almost the same as this person did last year...
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